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NaturalAbundance:RalphWaldoEmerson'sGuidetoProsperity

内容简介

Dr.RuthL.MillerinterpretsafewessentialessaysbyRalphWaldoEmersonthattellushowtheworldalwaysrespondstoourthoughts,words,andactions,andwhatwecandotoensurethatourlifeistrulyjoy-filledinallaspects.Inclear,simplelanguage,shegivesusadirectsenseofwhatEmersonfelt,saw,andstruggledtosharewithhisfellowhumanbeings.Emersontranscendedthelimitationsofhisday.Usingcommonsense,aloveofnature,andhisownparticulargenius,heexpressedahighertruthaboutwhoweareandhowtheworldgivesusexactlywhatwedemandfromit.Yet,perhapsbecausehewassopopular,andbecausesomuchofwhatwaspopularizedfocusedontheneedtotranscendmaterialismandreconnectwithNature,someofhiscoreideaswerelosttolatergenerations.Theywerethere,buriedinthelongsentencesandextendedparagraphsofhisoften-overlookedessays—butwerediscoveredonlybythefewwhowerewillingtotakethetimeandseekthemout.Thesefewbecamegreatteachersintheirownright,thefoundersandleadersofinstitutionsandmovementsthathavechangedhistory.NaturalAbundancemakesthehiddentreasuresofEmerson’swisdomaccessibleto21stcenturyreaders.Throughit,thisgreatman’salignmentofhisheart’sknowingandhisintellect’sunderstandingcanleadallofustoamoreabundantlyfulfillinglife,today.

作者简介

Rev.RuthL.Miller,PhD,hasinterpretedtheworksofsomeofthegreatestthinkersofthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcentury,fromRalphWaldoEmersontoCharlesF.Haanel.Hermoderntranslationsmakeitpossiblefortoday’sreaderstograsptheessentialideasandusethepowerfulpracticesofthesegreatteachers.Dr.MillerservedasassociateprofessoranddirectoroftheCyberneticSystemsProgramatSanJoseStateUniversityandasdirectorofcurriculum&evaluationforRogueCommunityCollege.Shehasledcountlessworkshopsonnewparadigms,systemsthinking,andfuturesresearch.Afteryearsofstudyingthenatureofconsciousness,Dr.Millerfoundshecouldnolongerignorethespirit.Shebecamecoordinatorforadultreligiouseducationinasmall-townMethodistchurchwhilehelpingtofoundaUnitarian-Universalistfellowshipthere.ShewasordainedintheNewThoughttraditionandbecamethepastoroftheLifewaysCenterinPortland,Oregon,theninterimassistantatUnityofBeaverton.Sheiscurrentlya“circuitridingpreacher,”servingNewThoughtandUnitarian-UniversalistchurchesinOregon,Washington,andCalifornia.

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